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BUCKLEY, Arabella. Winners In Life's Race Or The Great Backboned Family.
London: Edward Stanford, 1892. ‘Seventh Thousand' so stated. 8vo., orig. blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt and black, a.e.g., (xvi), (368), 16pp. ads. With illustrations. Minor rubbing to the spine ends o/w an about fine copy of this very pretty book.
Arabella Buckley was the first writer to translate Darwinian evolution into popular terms that children could understand. Charles Darwin described her as being able to 'treat evolution with much dexterity and truthfulness'. (Darwin Papers,Cambridge University Library, Darwin Papers, DAR 143:184). Buckley had worked as Charles Lyell's secretary for many years, and had followed the Darwinian debates. Despite their rather disconcerting titles, her books are "scientifically accurate and extremely lucid." Arabella Buckley's writing was' predominantly aimed at children and young people, but was popular and greatly respected by all ages. She communicated science through enchantment and metaphorical language that was attractive to younger readers.' (Somerset, R. 2011. Arabella Buckley and the Feminization of Evolution as a Communication Strategy.)
$125
BUCKLEY, Arabella. Winners In Life's Race Or The Great Backboned Family. London: Edward Stanford, 1892. ‘Seventh Thousand' so stated. 8vo., orig. blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt and black, a.e.g., (xvi), (368), 16pp. ads. With illustrations. Minor rubbing to the spine ends o/w an about fine copy of this very pretty book.
Arabella Buckley was the first writer to translate Darwinian evolution into popular terms that children could understand. Charles Darwin described her as being able to 'treat evolution with much dexterity and truthfulness'. (Darwin Papers,Cambridge University Library, Darwin Papers, DAR 143:184). Buckley had worked as Charles Lyell's secretary for many years, and had followed the Darwinian debates. Despite their rather disconcerting titles, her books are "scientifically accurate and extremely lucid." Arabella Buckley's writing was' predominantly aimed at children and young people, but was popular and greatly respected by all ages. She communicated science through enchantment and metaphorical language that was attractive to younger readers.' (Somerset, R. 2011. Arabella Buckley and the Feminization of Evolution as a Communication Strategy.)
$125
